STANLEY KUBRICK German Preservation Project - Overview Thread

This topic is a collection for my restorations of the German versions of Stanley Kubrick movies.

Stanley Kubrick was very adamant to the effort of having his movies localized for the countries they were released in. He took the effort of personally selecting voice actors, localizing entire credits sequences as well as actually reshooting footage in other languages.

The focus of the project are Kubrick’s auteur movies after “Spartacus”. “Dr. Strangelove” has also been taken out, as I don’t have a source for German localization for it.

List:

• Lolita
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• A Clockwork Orange (Released)
• Barry Lyndon (Released)
• The Shining (Released)
• Full Metal Jacket
• Eyes Wide Shut

I am not saying that I will be able to tackle all of these, and/or in which order this will happen. After all, it’s a question of availability of material.

I am always looking to obtain:

• English mono audio tracks
• German mono audio tracks
• German recordings (VHS, TV)

EWS was localized. It had newspaper articles and letters translated (the same way as Shining, alternative footage was filmed).

My next project in line will be A Clockwork Orange, and after that, probably, 2001.

If I can get hold of a HD 4:3 source of EWS, then yes.

The goal will be:

• Restoration of original audio mixes (German and English)
• Restoration of Open Matte HD versions for Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut
• Restoration of German localizations (front/end credits) where applicable
• Restoration of localized alternative German footage (Shining, Eyes Wide Shut).

The order of the work will depend on the availability of the sources.

Current status of material on various titles, which will determine the release order.

• Full Metal Jacket:
  This is the one Kubrick title that didn’t seem to have German localization in the credits, and just kept everything in English. So the preservation will be using the 1080p 4:3 transfer (that I have), German and English mono and 5.1 surround.
  Most notably, there is a deviation in the German dub for at least one of Gunnery Sgt Hartman’s lines in the mono version compared to the 5.1 version.

• 2001:
  The BluRay from the last 4K restoration will be serving as a source. SD digital recording with full German credits localization is available to me, as well as original German audio (as well as recent 5.1 jobs). What I am still lacking is the original English mix.

• A Clockwork Orange:
  A German digital SD TV recording with fully localized credits and German mono audio is available to me, as is the English mono and the two recent 5.1 jobs. However, the 4K restoration will only be released in October, so that’ll wait till then.

• Eyes Wide Shut:
  Unfortunately, so far I have no 4:3 FullHD transfer available. This will be on the back burner for the time being until a source might come up. German localization is available to me from 4:3 VHS, as is the German stereo audio.

• Lolita:
  German original intro credits are available to me from a German TV recording. Other German localization was done digitally by the TV station and will most likely be reconstructed using the BluRay. Low priority right now.

• Dr. Strangelove
  No German localization is available to me (or has ever been seen by me - though the trailer had a great localization), so this project will be on a long backburner. Maybe it will be excluded entirely, being a Columbia title and all. Though I do love the movie.

CloakedDragon97 said:

I’m not sure but I think the 1999 DVD of 2001 has the original English audio.

Thanks!
However, I found a PCM from LD, which also suits my needs.

SilverWook said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StanleyKubrick/comments/pcvu24/eyes_wide_shut_german_localized_letter/

Yeah. It was I who posted it there. 😃

CloakedDragon97 said:

Where did you get the HD 4:3 version of FMJ?

It was on HBOmax last year.

Maybe at some later point.

CloakedDragon97 said:

Just wondering what is your favorite Kubrick film?

It fluctuates somehow.

Work started on A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/A-Clockwork-Orange-German-Version-WIP/id/89189/page/1

“A Clockwork Orange” is released:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/A-Clockwork-Orange-German-Version-RELEASED/id/89189

CloakedDragon97 said:

Any more progress on this?

Hi,
TheHutt has received at least the German localizations for all 6 films (Full Metal Jacket had none) from me in SD quality from various sources (digitalTV & VHS).

But I can’t say when he will continue the projects.

Oh, I will.

FMJ is still worth doing for one line of alternative dubbing in the mono version (as opposed to more recent 5.1 one). And the 4:3 HD version, of course.

EWS, I only have the 16:9 version but with German footage for the inserts. Haven’t found a HD 4:3 version yet.

2001, that will be most probably done like Shining, by rotoscoping out the original English intertitles.